Genus
Valid Extinct

Dracovenator

Yates 2005

Dracovenator is a genus of neotheropod dinosaur that lived approximately 201 to 199 million years ago during the early part of the Jurassic period in what is now South Africa. Dracovenator was a medium-sized, moderately built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore, that could grow up to an estimated 5.5–6.5 metres (18–21 ft) in length and 250 kilograms (550 lb) in body mass. Its type specimen was based on only a partial skull that was recovered.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Dracovenator
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Dracovenator on display at the Royal Ontario Museum. © Eduard Solà · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Dracovenator Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
2
Geological formations
Elliot
2
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Dracovenator regenti 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. M. Yates. 2005. A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods. Palaeontologia Africana 41:105-122
Bibliography (1)
A. M. Yates. 2005. A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods. Palaeontologia Africana 41:105-122